Author of Healing Maddie Brees

Month: September 2014

Occasionally, I find, there are mornings like these: when it seems best to leave all the windows open because outdoors the sky is an unbroken blue, and the sunlight folds and flashes on the shining backs of leaves that we know now can’t possibly last. Mornings when the wind gusts and then is still again, … More Mornings Like These

I had a happy childhood. That small fact is likely adequate to spoil my hopes of ever being a *good* writer, but there it is. The actual truth is that I had a very happy childhood. That said, I did not own a pair of Nike’s until well into the sixth grade, maybe later, and … More Materialism, Mercy and Madagascar

The plush frog was a gift sometime during the first year. With a music box embedded in its belly, a fabric-covered pull-string attached to its back, and a loop tied at the top of its head, the frog was the perfect toy to hang in the corner of the crib. I don’t remember how old … More How It Works, Part II